Sree Guru Gyana

— f you wish to be free,   Know you are the Self, The witness of all these, The heart of awareness. Set your body aside. Sit in your own awareness. You will at once be happy, Forever still, Forever free. (...) You are everywhere, Forever free. If you think you are free, You are free. If you think you are bound, You are bound. Meditate on the Self. One without two, Exalted awareness. —  Ashtavakra Gita 1.4–14 , Translator: Thomas Byrom [ 6] [7]  Translator: Thomas Byrom [6] [7]

Ambal as shown by Acharyal Our Acharyal Sri Sankara Bagawathpadal has graced us with several books of hymns praising Ambal. In addition to Soundarya lahari many long stothras like Aananda lahari, Devi bhujangam, Tripurasundari manasa pooja stothram, Tripurasundari Veda pada sthavam and short hymns like Annapurnashtakam and Ambashtakam are composed by him on Devi. It is enough to keep chanting these to be in the state of ecstasy in Ambal’s ocean of grace. The compositions are extremely wonderful. But the composer Acharyal without any ego and with great humility lauds Ambal who is the base of and personifies all forms of vast energy. He often indicates with utmost modesty that he does not even qualify the least to seek Her grace. Especially at two instances in Soundarya lahari his extreme humility touches our heart. At one instance (drushaa draaghee yasyaa) he seeks Her kataksha. In another (dhrutheenaam moordhaano) he seeks the touch of Her feet. Just as while seeking...

What is so special about the miracle? This is a strange incident narrated by T. Subramanian from Chennai. During January 2008, he was admitted to a very popular hospital. What was his problem? Subramanian narrates that the readers will be terrified on hearing it and very casually says, “Blood Cancer.” The specialty doctor had said that he will be alive for two to three weeks only. For two weeks, blood transfusion had been already done multiple times. Then Subramanian decided that the only way forward is chanting God’s name. The chant continued for a week. Again during the first week of February the checkup was planned. It was just a routine check and the doctors were not expecting any significant improvements. Even Subramanian had thought that the doctor will confirm that he will be alive only for 8 days. The doctor said, “You could change your dress back and then wait in the reception?” Subramanian was shocked to hear that. He thought that since no treatment would help now, he ...